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B&B Theatres Operating Company, Inc. [1] or simply B&B Theatres is a family-owned and operated American movie theater chain based in Liberty, Missouri. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Founded in 1924, B&B is the fifth-largest theater chain in the United States, operating 500+ screens at 54 locations in 14 US states.
The Paramount Theatre was built as a movie palace, during the rise of the motion picture industry in the late 1920s.In 1925, Adolph Zukor's Paramount Publix Corporation, the theater division of Paramount Pictures, one of the great studio-theater chains, began a construction program resulting in some of the finest theaters built.
The historic Plaza Theatre, 1951. The Plaza Theatre is a historic theater located at 128 South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California.It is an anchor of La Plaza (a.k.a. Palm Springs Plaza), a streetside collection of shops, one of the first planned shopping centers in Southern California, opened in 1936.
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, founded by Bob Baker and Alton Wood in 1963, is the oldest children's theater company in Los Angeles. In June 2009, the theater was designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. [2] In early 2019, the theater moved to a new permanent home on York Boulevard.
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) is an American trade organization whose members are the owners of movie theaters.Most of the worldwide major theater chains' operators are members, as are hundreds of independent theater operators; collectively, they account for the operation of over 35,000 motion picture screens in all 50 U.S. states and over 33,000 screens in 100 other countries.
The Opera house remained closed and unused for almost sixty years until 1971 when it was purchased by the Yolo County Historical Society, for a sum of $12,000. [7] After many local fund drives, donations, and monies from several different government agencies including the City of Woodland, restoration of the building began.
The Irvine Barclay Theatre, often referred to as The Barclay, is a 755-seat performing arts venue in Irvine, California, located on the campus of the University of California, Irvine. Jointly owned by the city and university, it opened in 1990 and has hosted various musicians, bands, plays, and guest speakers.
The Grand Lake Theatre is a historic movie palace located at 3200 ... of California (who later became National General Theaters, Inc.) in 1973 and to the current ...